It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Alan McDonald at Temple Golf Course on Saturday, aged 48. Alan, originally from Belfast, spent most of his professional football career with Queens Park Rangers, and was capped 52 times for Northern Ireland. He had latterly been the manager of Glentoran. Alan settled in Saintfield when he returned from England and was a great friend of many of us. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Alan’s wife Tonya, and to the family circle.